My mom is dying and was admitted to hospice care last week. As many of you know, this is just a really hard and really sucky situation. I figure anyway you slice it, dealing with a dying parent is flat-out awful, and losing one’s mind definitely has to be part of the grief stages. I really appreciate the sweet friendship and love people have shown me and my family, and know how blessed we are. The only thing that has been funny through this is so utterly not-funny situation is some of the goofy things people say (I do get that they mean well) upon hearing your loved one is receiving hospice care. For example, “Oh, that’s great!”, “So what’s the prognosis?” (death can safely be assumed) or “So, she hasn’t gotten any better?” Nope, just don’t even know how to respond to those. Another favorite: someone was telling me that she was really struggling to find matching outfits for her son and daughter for Easter (which is fine, we are all in different places in life and I get that). She then asked what was new with us and I couldn’t lie, so I told her about my mom. This was when it got a little odd–she gave me a sympathetic look and said, “Yeah, I guess we have both have had sort-of rough weeks, huh?” Ummm??? So yeah, for those of you who have been through or going through anything similar and have gotten such a response, you probably understand that the only thing you can do is just laugh at the stuff like this…abundant opportunity for tears later. And after that, hopefully lots of happiness in all that God has yet to bring…
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